Deepfakes and the detection challenge

The BBC TV drama series, The Capture, illustrated how deepfake footage could be used to frame someone. Image copyright BBC

The BBC Television set drama series, The Seize, illustrated how deepfake footage could be used to frame somebody. Impression copyright BBC

Deepfakes are a hot matter – there is no denying it. Back again in Oct 2019, iProov (the biometric facial authentication company) noted that far more than 70 for each cent of the UK’s populace did not know what…